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It’s a beautiful song, and there are some versions with cleaner lyrics for the family or work Christmas party.
Personally I love the original and play it proudly.
It’s a more honest depiction of human life and relationships. It’s not perfect, it’s not always happy, it’s not always pretty but in the ugliness, there’s something beautiful.
I love the Irish mind and culture … they can take the most ugly things and make them wonderful.
Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world, the disarray. I choose to see the beauty
The No Use for a Name cover was my first exposure to the song for any punk fans. Unfortunately the Pogues didn’t seem all that well known (or at least discussed/played) in my neck of the woods.
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RIP.
Rabble rouse In Perpetuity, I dont think he’d ever rest peacefully.
